Historical Events In January - 01

1844  1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) on this day in history.  

1845  The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed on this day in history.  

1846  Yucatan declares independence from México on January - 01.  

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from Mexico  

1846  On January - 01 nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926)  

1847  On January - 01 michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment  

1847  Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing on January - 01.  

1847  On this day in history michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment  

1848  On this day in history britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua  

1850  On this day in history raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76  

1851  On January - 01 city of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line  

1852  On this day in history netherlands begins issuing postage stamps  

1852  The first US public bath opens in New York City NY on this day in history.  

1852  On this day in history 1st US public bath opens, in NYC  

1853  On this day in history the first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service  

1853  On January - 01 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service  

1853  On January - 01 hans Koessler, composer  

1854  Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA) on this day in history.  

1854  Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) on this day in history.  

1854  James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) on this day in history.  

1858  Canada begins using decimal currency system on this day in history.  

1860  Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies on January - 01.  

1860  Slavery ends of in Neth Indies on this day in history.  

1861  On January - 01 porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City  

1861  On this day in history president Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful  

1862  On this day in history battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)  

1862  On January - 01 the first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)  

1862  On this day in history uS income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000)  

1862  1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.  

1862  On this day in history snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)  

1863  On this day in history battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city  

1863  On this day in history battle of Helena AK  

1863  Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln on this day in history.  

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on January - 01.  

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)  

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)  

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on this day in history.  

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.  

1467  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland  

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.  

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.  

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.  

0404  On this day in history death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered  

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39  

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.  

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)  

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.  

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.  

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on this day in history.